AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS MAKE HISTORY!

Last week was Election Day across the U.S.A. and African immigrants ran to win!

Many citizens took advantage of this opportunity to give voice to their views and opinions about governance in this country, at this time. The most popular political issues included; President Trump, healthcare, the economy/jobs, terrorism, local infrastructure, diversity and good ‘ole fashioned civility.

Most political junkies and the political news media was intensely focused on the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. However, after the votes had been counted and the political dust had settled, we find that there were ‘history-making’ elections across the country.

The Democrats won huge victories in many of that day’s polls. They captured the governorships as well as most of the offices down-the-ballot in the aforementioned Democratic BLUE and leaning BLUE states. A surprise to many observers – those elected come from a diverse array of genders, ethnicities, life-styles, socio-economic and political experience backgrounds.

Yet, some of the loudest voices and biggest surprises came from the very Republican RED states of Montana and Iowa.

USAIG is a media organization that focuses on African immigrants in the United States. We offer community content and promote African identity. We support personal and professional development of Africans and immigrant community in the US. We consult on cultural based training focusing on inter-generational relationships between African youths, parents and community, and we facilitate diversity and inclusion training workshops.